So many snapshots are included taken by Vuillard. He loved to include mirrors and their reflections in his paintings.

Here he's standing in the corner recording a luncheon. 'Vuillard sometimes used snapshots as studies or sketches toward paintings, but in their cropping, the relations of light and dark tones, and their unusual viewpoints, they bear the imprint of his personal aesthetic vision'.

The casual patterned, truncated quality of this painting is simplified much like a photograph.

A famous portrait of the charmer Madame Misia Natanson, loved by every artist in Paris (Pierre Bonnard, Édouard Vuillard, Félix Vallotton, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Romain Coolus, Octave Mirbeau, Tristan Bernard, Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel) at the time. There's an exhibit devoted just to her on at the Musee d'Orsay if you're in Paris.

Nearly 2,000 of Vuillard's small format prints survive.

Portrait head painted on cardboard by Vuillard.

Many of Vuillard's figures are caught in repose, reading, writing at a desk. 'As often in his work, there are passages where objects merge with ground and become nearly abstract...'

A family portrait with most of the figures reading...

Vuillard plays with 'lost and found' edges here so the figure merges often with the background color.

'In this signature 'Nabi' work Vuillard embeds his figure in a compressed space packed with competing patterns and suppressed emotion...'(from the wall placard)

Karen Wheeler introduced me to the Maire of Anche, Martine. When she sat down to write something in the town's books, I said to her,

'You're a Vuillard painting!'

After seeing yesterday's exhibit I did my 'Vuillard' version of Maire Martine...

Vuillard's images of people reposing, reading and generally lounging about spells summer all over it. The exhibit is on until September 23rd. Don't miss it!

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I love Vuillard's work - wish I could see the exhibit. I visited the Phillips collection a few years back and thoroughly enjoyed spotting some Vuillard pieces. Love the family settings, too. Have a great week, Carol. xx

Looks great, thanks for all the pics of paintings, a young friend of mine just moved to NYC yesterday, he going to be a dancer at Alvin Alley, I just texted him to let him know about this great exhibit....thanks again...Kate :)

Love these images. Will be in NYC tomorrow in the National Academy of Design and the Met, with time to jump over to Jewish Museum and see this. I love Vuillard and the catalog is all I need, but it will be fun to see the exhibition .... Thanks for this reminder!kp

C, would love to come to NY to see this exhibit. My daughter and I actually met you last year at your exhibit at the Alliance in DC. Can you recommend a small affordable hotel in the NY city? . . .we hope to stay at the Hotel Caron de Beaumarchais as you mentioned in the Marais later this year (long awaited finally get to Paris trip!):)

affordable is a special concept in New York city... here is a hotel that qualifies in midtown Manhattan. the Leo house , basic , originally a catholic guesthouse http://332leohouse.com/bonne chance, enjoy !anni

Thx for the reminder of this exhibit; a while back I tore out a magazine's exhibit promo image with Mme. Natanson's portrait, loving the interesting layered effect and texture/patterns ~ and what a lovely portrait you've created of Maire Martine...She must be so happy about that.

Dear Carol,Thank you very much for the beautiful pictures of me as a Vuillard and for the photos of the Vuillards at the museum.I was thinkingof you this morning:I saw in my magazine Marie France(September issue ;p 38) a stool made in the shape of macaroons!It is made by Taillardat.Thanks again!Best Regards,Martine.

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